Power

Weakness in demand and competition from natural gas remain the story in the US coal industry with prices continuing their downward spiral.

Electricity generated from natural gas surpassed that generated from coal for the first time in US history in April.

Robert Osborne succeeds Mark Peifer as the Vice President and CEO of Ohio Valley Electricity Corp.

Support for high-efficiency low-emission coal-fired power will be needed as part of a Paris agreement on climate change.

A round-up of some of this week’s key news items from the international coal industry, from the MATS ruling to the latest situations of coal-fired power plants.

Advanced Emissions Solutions provides an outlook on the US Supreme Court ruling of MATS and highlights the subsequent influence of the ruling.

Dr Lesley Sloss, IEA Clean Coal Centre, provides an outline on what is going on with the US Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS).

Due to the long lead time for environmental compliance projects, many US utilities have moved ahead with MATS compliance despite uncertainly surrounding the legality of the rule.

The Baltic Dry Index has reached its highest level of 829, since dropping in January.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has commissioned the first 250 MW unit at the highest rating coal-fired power plant in Assam, Northeast India.

Coal will continue to play a major role in the global power market to 2040 as natural gas fails to replace it in most parts of the world outside the US.

Clean Coal Solutions has announced the lease of an additional refined coal facility.

Adaro Energy has made a bid to operate a 2 x 1000 MW coal-fired power plant in Indonesia

SaskPower, the operator of the first commercial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility at the Boundary Dam coal-fired power plant, has opened its Carbon Capture Test Facility, the latest initiative aimed at advancing CCS technology research.

The Gujarat State Electricity Corp. has awarded Alstom Power Services a contract to renovate two Indian steam turbines. It aims to reduce CO2 and improve turbine efficiency.